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A crash just before 9am on Interstate 195 in Dartmouth halted traffic on all three westbound lanes of the highway. State Police in Dartmouth say one person was injured, but that person is expected to survive. According to photo's from the scene, the crash involved a pick-up truck, and a flat-bed trailer truck that stretched across the three lanes of the highway...

At approximately 1:35 p.m. Thursday, Massachusetts State Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Route 195 eastbound in Dartmouth near Reed Road. The crash caused fatal injuries to the front passenger. Preliminary investigation indicates that a 1998 Honda Civic occupied by two women and a juvenile was traveling in the left lane on Route 195 eastbound when for an unknown reason the vehicle

Massachusetts State Police had to literally lasso a llama running loose on a state highway.

Colonel Richard D. McKeon, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a Sobriety Checkpoint will be implemented by the Massachusetts State Police on a public way in Bristol County this Friday night into early Saturday morning...

MILTON - State Police in Milton have arrested two Wareham men after finding heroin in their car. Massachusetts State Police say a gray Saturn Ion was pulled over after a trooper observed the driver commit several motor vehicle violations...

A serious motor vehicle accident in Wareham has sent two people to the hospital, one of whom is in critical condition. Massachusetts State Police say a 2016 Dodge Challenger crashed on route 495 at about 1:35 this afternoon, just north of the Route 195 exchange...

FAIRHAVEN - Fairhaven High School was abuzz with police activity this morning, but parents have nothing to fear. Superintendent Dr. Robert Baldwin says the high school was secured this morning so State Police could conduct an annual sweep of the building with a K-9 unit, searching for drugs or other materials that may be stashed inside lockers and bathrooms...

LAKEVILLE - A Wareham man is dead after a single-car crash in Lakeville Sunday morning. Massachusetts State Police responded to the crash just before 6 A.M. on Route 140 North between Exits 8 and 9 in Lakeville. Preliminary investigation reveals the 2007 Toyota Camry was traveling north on Route 140 past Exit 8 in Lakeville when the vehicle went off the right side of the road and struck a tree ..

UPDATE 2/17 - The victim has been identified as 55-year-old Rosemarie Machado of New Bedford. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Original Story 2/16 - A 55-year-old New Bedford woman was killed Thursday in a single-vehicle crash on Route 25 in Bourne...

SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island State Police say two children reported missing in 1985 have been located in the Houston area and their mother has been charged with snatching them. Police said Tuesday an anonymous tip two days before Christmas led them to Kimberly and Kelly Yates, and their 69-year-old mother, Elaine...